| Qualifying Session - Saturday |
| 1 |  | Nico Hulkenberg |  | Williams | 1:20.050 | 1:19.144 | 1:14.470 |
| 2 | | Sebastian Vettel |  | Red Bull | 1:19.160 | 1:18.691 | 1:15.519 |
| 3 |  | Mark Webber | | Red Bull | 1:19.025 | 1:18.516 | 1:15.637 |
| 4 |  | Lewis Hamilton |  | McLaren | 1:19.931 | 1:18.921 | 1:15.747 |
| 5 |  | Fernando Alonso |  | Ferrari | 1:18.987 | 1:19.010 | 1:15.989 |
| 6 |  | Rubens Barrichello | | Williams | 1:19.799 | 1:18.925 | 1:16.203 |
| 7 |  | Robert Kubica |  | Renault | 1:19.249 | 1:18.877 | 1:16.552 |
| 8 | | Michael Schumacher |  | Mercedes | 1:19.879 | 1:18.923 | 1:16.925 |
| 9 | | Felipe Massa | | Ferrari | 1:19.778 | 1:19.200 | 1:17.101 |
| 10 |  | Vitaly Petrov | | Renault | 1:20.189 | 1:19.153 | 1:17.656 |
| 11 | | Jenson Button | | Mclaren | 1:19.905 | 1:19.288 |
| 12 |  | Kamui Kobayashi |  | BMW Sauber | 1:19.741 | 1:19.385 |
| 13 | | Nico Rosberg | | Mercedes | 1:20.153 | 1:19.486 |
| 14 | | Jaime Alguersuari |  | Toro Rosso | 1:20.158 | 1:19.581 |
| 15 |  | Sebastien Buemi | | Toro Rosso | 1:20.096 | 1:19.847 |
| 16 | | Nick Heidfeld | | BMW Sauber | 1:20.174 | 1:19.899 |
| 17 |  | Vitantonio Liuzzi |  | Force India | 1:20.592 | 1:20.357 |
| 18 | | Adrian Sutil | | Force India | 1:20.830 |
| 19 | | Timo Glock |  | Virgin | 1:22.130 |
| 20 | | Jarno Trulli |  | Lotus | 1:22.250 |
| 21 |  | Heikki Kovalainen | | Lotus | 1:22.378 |
| 22 | | Lucas di Grassi | | Virgin | 1:22.810 |
| 23 |  | Christian Klien |  | Hispania | 1:23.083 |
| 24 | | Bruno Senna | | Hispania | 1:23.796 |
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